Crook Smith

Crook Smith
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football/basketball
Born	(1899-03-21)March 21, 1899 Fayetteville, Tennessee
Died	March 3, 1990(1990-03-03) (aged 90) Tennessee
Alma mater	Mercer University
Playing career
1922–1923	Mercer
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1929–1942	Georgia Southern
Head coaching record
Overall	Basketball: 116–60 (.659)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame Georgia Sports Hall of Fame All-Southern (1922, 1923)

Byron Lambert "Crook" Smith (March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was a college football and basketball player and coach inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.^[1]

Mercer University

Smith earned 13 letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track for the Mercer Bears. He was inducted into the Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1971.^[2] "Crook" was the brother of Phoney Smith.

Football

Smith was a prominent end on the football team.^[3]

1922

He was selected All-Southern.^[4]^[5]

1923

He was selected All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the Macon News.^[3]^[6]

Coaching career

Georgia Southern

Smith coached the Georgia Southern Eagles team of Georgia Southern University (then known as Georgia Teacher's College) from 1929 to 1942. His basketball teams compiled a 116–60 record.^[1]^[7] His 1939 football team won the Bacardi Bowl.

References

1 2 "B.L. "Crook" Smith" (PDF).
↑ "Mercer Hall of Fame".
1 2 Robert E Wilder. Gridiron Glory Days. p. 45.
↑ "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 10, 1922.
↑ Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Cobington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "The Telegraph's All-Southern". Mercer Cluster. December 7, 1923. pp. 3; 6.
↑ Delma E. Presley. Georgia Southern University. p. 91.

External links

Crook Smith at Find a Grave

Georgia Southern Eagles head football coaches

E. G. Cromartie (1924–1926)
H. A. Woodle (1927–1928)
Crook Smith (1929–1941)
No team (1942–1981)
Erk Russell (1982–1989)
Tim Stowers (1990–1995)
Frank Ellwood (1996)
Paul Johnson (1997–2001)
Mike Sewak (2002–2005)
Brian VanGorder (2006)
Chris Hatcher (2007–2009)
Jeff Monken (2010–2013)
Willie Fritz (2014–2015)
Dell McGee # (2015)
Tyson Summers (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1926–1929)
Unknown (1929–1930)
Crook Smith (1930–1942)
No team (1942–1946)
George Cukro (1946–1947)
J. B. Scearce (1947–1967)
Frank Radovich (1967–1970)
J. E. Rowe (1970–1974)
Larry Chapman (1974–1977)
J. B. Scearce (1977–1979)
John Nelson (1979–1981)
Frank Kerns (1981–1994)
Doug Durham (1994–1995)
Gregg Polinsky (1995–1999)
Jeff Price (1999–2009)
Charlton Young (2009–2013)
Mark Byington (2013– )

Georgia Southern Eagles head baseball coaches

Crook Smith (1933–1935) No team (1936–1946) R. I. DeWitt (1947) J. B. Scearce (1948) J. I. Clements (1949–1966) Bill Spieth (1967) J. I. Clements (1968) Bill Spieth (1969–1971) Ron Polk (1972–1975) Jack Stallings (1976–1999) Rodney Hennon (2000– )

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